After the Fairytale is a romantasy series about storybook characters falling in love once the fairytale is over. Look for dark-whimsy, slow burn with a high heat payoff, and always a happily ever after.
Beyond the Cottage:
After the Fairytale Book 1
Once upon a time, a boy and girl escaped a child-eating witch, but the fairytale didn’t end there…
It’s been fourteen years since Gretta and the boy she loved fled a witch, and it broke her heart that she never saw him again. Now she dedicates her life to destroying magic and hunting the evil crones who wield it. When a hunt goes wrong, Gretta wakes in a crumbling prison and discovers she’s captive…again. This time, to a man as arresting as he is sinister, one whose haunted eyes dredge up memories she thought she’d buried.
Ansel never wanted to be a villain, but after spending years trapped by a wicked witch and losing the girl who helped him survive it, he’ll do anything to complete his anti-magic research. Even steal from a woman and lock her in his dungeon. But Ansel doesn’t expect to be so captivated by his prisoner—or to have the uncanny sense he’s met her before.
When the truth is revealed, past affection and newly smoldering attraction blur the lines between love and hate. But the battle between Gretta’s wrath and Ansel’s regret could destroy a bond that once seemed unbreakable.
Beyond the Cottage is not Dark romance, but it contains dark elements some readers might find difficult. This includes:
-explicit sexual content (consensual)
-abduction/captivity
-non-consensual extraction of bodily substances (pixie dust)
-mental health conditions due to trauma, including depression and panic attacks
-alcoholism
-torture of children (off-page, back story)
-violence, including a man against a woman (side character and FMC)
-graphic on-page murder (of a murderer)
-domestic abuse (verbal, between side characters)
-claustrophobia
-trouble sleeping/nightmares
Please put your own mental health first!